Rain brings misery to Ctg residents

Rain brought misery to the residents of Chattogram city on the first day of monsoon on Saturday with light showers of thirty minutes and thunderbolts.

Nothing negative in proposed budget: Obaidul

Terming the proposed budget for 2019-20 fiscal year a pro-people and positive one, ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that there was nothing negative in it.

Looters would enjoy extra facilities amid less accountability

Gono Samhati Andolan on Saturday said that looters have been given various facilities in the proposed budget as the structure of the government itself was non-accountable.

Border killings ‘unfortunate deaths’: BSF

The Indian border guard’s new director general Rajni Kant Mishra called the killings along the Bangladesh-India border as ‘unfortunate deaths’ inside India during ‘skirmishes’ between miscreants and the border force.

Bangladesh elected ECOSOC member

Bangladesh has been elected a member of the prestigious Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for the term 2020-2022 from the Asia-Pacific region by securing 181 votes out of 191.

Proposed budget to destroy country’s economy : Gono Forum

Gono Forum leaders on Saturday said that the proposed national budget, fiscal measures in particular, for financial year 2019-20, would create havoc in the country’s economic sector.

Hamid seeks CICA partners’ support for Rohingya repatriation

Stressing the importance of a peaceful solution to Rohingya crisis, president Abdul Hamid on Saturday sought support and cooperation from CICA partners so that the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals can return to their homeland with safety, security and dignity.

Stern action against wilful loan defaulters: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday came down heavily on critics of the proposed national budget for financial year 2019-20 terming them ‘mentally sick.’

President seeks Tajikistan’s support to end Rohingya crisis

President Abdul Hamid has sought cooperation from Tajikistan in resolving the Rohingya crisis.

Budget to increase tax burden on people: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said that the countrymen would not accept the proposed impractically ambitious budget for 2019-20 fiscal year as it would increase the burden of taxes on the general people.